alternative Movie Posters: Film Art From the underground April 6, 2014 – Posted in: Art, graphic design, posters

As much as a well-designed book can lead you to buy it a well-designed movie poster can make you want go to see the movie. Fortunately the era of bland studio-produced posters has been supplanted by a new crop of illustrators and artists. alternative Movie Posters: Film Art From The underground by Matthew Chojnacki brings us the first comprehensive look at this blossoming genre with 200 posters from over 100 artists. The book also features commentary from…

Retro posters in the fight to save libraries January 21, 2014 – Posted in: graphic design, Libraries, posters

Original US Treasury Department circa 1917 Back in 2011 when austerity measures were sweeping through the public library systems of the Western world as a result of failed economic policies, Phil Bradley came up with an idea. “What if the #savelibraries campaign had taken place between 1914-18?” Then, the government would pump out posters intended to stir up support for whatever the issue at hand was. Pushing out the scope to include the posters of…

Read: A street art campaign by Jay Giroux January 3, 2014 – Posted in: Art, posters, Reading / Literacy

Jay Giroux started sticking and posting this image in 2005. Though the colors and placement change the mighty wings and the powerful READ blindfold hold steady. Cool. photo by Irakli Mirzashvili photo by Chris Kelly “More Mystery, Less Hype” – Read.

The Department of Labor Celebrates the ‘Books that Shaped Work in America’ December 30, 2013 – Posted in: Exhibits, posters

Taking the lead from the successful Books that Shaped America exhibition sponsored by the Library of Congress in 2012 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has come up with a great way to celebrate its centennial. In partnership with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, it’s developing a list of Books that Shaped Work in America. To populate the list the DOL has asked all the former Labor Secretary’s to recommend their favorites.…

Sabrina Zbasnik’s All Hallows Read Posters October 15, 2013 – Posted in: graphic design, posters, Reading / Literacy

It started in 2011 when Sabrina Zbasnik got “a crazy idea” to design some posters for Halloween in the “Get Kids to Read” vein using the stars of the classic monster films. Then in 2012 Zbasnik was at it again, this time featuring the creepy denizens of the animal world. and now her 2013 set of posters are available featuring Edgar Allen Poe and company All images are available for download and public use.